A Nodejs Express Weather App on IBM i

This repo contains a NodeJS Express website that runs on IBM i.

It shows a weather app giving the current weather for a city in the UK.

Pre-reqs

Requires Node.js on IBM i at least version 8, but would much prefer node 20!

Install Instructions

These commands need to be run in a BASH SHELL session on your IBM i

Issue the following commands to clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/AndyYouens/f_Weather.git

Change into the f_weather directory

cd \f_Weather

Install dependancies

npm install

Additional Setup

To use this application you will need an api key from OpenWeatherMap.

Get an API key by creating an account at OpenWeatherMap

Once you have an API Key, it needs to be made available to the application. Run the following command to achieve this.

export APIKEY=your_key_string

Save yourself time by placing your API key in a .env file in the root of this application.

Additionally, if you wish to change the PORT number this application runs on. This also can be placed in the .env file. An example .env file is shown below.

APIKEY=your_key_string
PORT=4000
DEBUG=weather
HOSTNAME=GALATEA

The .env file should NOT be included within source control and should be added to your .gitignore file.

Start application

npm start

if you wish to run the application in debug mode, run the following command instead.

npm run debug

Point your favourtie browser to https://your-IBMi:4000

Authors

FormaServe Systems Ltd - All work - FormaServe

License

• MIT license
• © 1990 - 2024 FormaServe Systems Ltd

Acknowledgments

Andy Youens - FormaServe Systems Ltd - Twitter @AndyYouens

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September 2020

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Open Source on IBM i - Oh Yea!

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